American Airlines computer glitch disrupts pilots’ schedules

American Airlines Group And the union that represents its pilots is discussing additional pay for some pilots to compensate them for future flights that were taken off their schedules because of a computer glitch, the union said on Sunday. Said to

The Allied Pilots’ Association union said the airline’s scheduling platform accidentally allowed pilots to skip thousands of future trips on Saturday morning. As a result, 12,075 flights were short of a captain, a first officer or both for the entire month of July, the union said.